How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Monday

U.S. stocks logged their biggest gain in three months on Monday, as energy stocks followed the price of oil sharply higher. Industrial stocks also rose after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it was acquiring Precision Castparts for about $32 billion.

For the day:

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 241.79 points, or 1.4 percent, to 17,615.17.